ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AT MUZZA HIGH SCHOOL

JOHN DICKSON ATWINE (MR) DIRECTOR OF STUDIES • MUZZA HIGH SCHOOL, KABEMBE MUKONO Our performance • Our targets • Our future Excellence You Can Count When results speak, we simply let them. In the 2025 UCE, Muzza High School did not just pass. We produced distinctions in numbers that tell a story of discipline, teaching and belief. Ten of our learners, nine subjects each, closed the year with a combined 38 distinctions, and every one of them finished with nothing lower than a B. 38 DISTINCTIONS BY OUR TOP TEN 1st LACROSSE RANKING IN UGANDA 2nd LACROSSE RANKING IN EAST AFRICA OUR BEST UCE STUDENTS 2025 Ssebaggala Darius 7As • 2Bs Ssenabulya Benard Brian 3As • 6Bs Mwebaze Ryan Paul 6As • 3Bs Bulanja Malcolm 3As • 6Bs Kusiima Victoria 5As • 4Bs Ageno Mercy 2As • 7Bs Ayebale Linet 4As • 5Bs Bukhaki Collin 2As • 7Bs Kavuma Liz Michelle 4As • 5Bs Atim Joan 2As • 7Bs Behind every grade is a classroom where teachers plan, mark, correct and encourage. Behind every distinction is a learner who chose to work when it was easier to rest. But our performance is bigger than one list. Our Lacrosse team is ranked 1st in Uganda and 2nd in East Africa. Our stage has hosted MDD inter-house competitions that fill the compound with colour and confidence. Our learners shape clay, paint, weld and build in Project Learning. Excellence at Muzza is not a corner of the school. It is the whole school. As Director of Studies, I am proud of these results. I am more proud of what they prove: that a learner with a good teacher, a good environment and a clear goal can rise. This is where we stand. Now let me tell you where we are going. Our Targets: We Aim Higher Because We Can A school that stops setting targets has already started going backwards. At Muzza High School, targets are not slogans on a wall. They are numbers, names and dates that every teacher and learner can point to. This is how we set them. 1. More distinctions, more learners. Our 2025 top ten set the bar. Our goal is to widen that circle so that more candidates, not only the front-runners, are crossing into high grades across the subjects they sit. 2. Strong foundations at S.1 to S.4. Excellence at UCE is built in S.1. We are strengthening early assessment, remedial support and regular tracking so that no learner drifts unnoticed. 3. A-Level that opens university doors. Registered for both O’ and A’ Level, we aim to turn our UCE strength into UACE results that carry our learners into the courses they dream of. 4. Practical learning in every science. Our laboratory, library and computer facilities exist to be used. Every science learner should handle real apparatus, collect real data and explain real results, not just memorise them. 5. Every teacher accountable and supported. Targets are met by people. We review departmental performance each term, share what works, and support every teacher to grow. 6. The whole learner. Music, dance, drama, sport and project work are not distractions from academics. They build the confidence and character that make academic success last. When targets are shared openly, parents can hold us to them, learners can chase them, and we can celebrate when we reach them. The Road Ahead: The Future of Academic Excellence at Muzza Well-rounded, confident, innovative and responsible humans who achieve their full potential. The world our learners will enter is changing fast. The doctors, engineers, teachers, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs of tomorrow will need more than a certificate. They will need to think critically, solve problems and lead with ethics. That is exactly what our Mission asks of us. Here is how we are building that future. Learning that works with the hands and the mind. Our Project Learning programme already puts learners at the potter’s table, the easel and the welding bench. We will keep deepening it so that classroom theory becomes real skill. Technology as a classroom partner. Our computer lab is the start. We will keep growing digital learning, research skills and data handling, so our learners graduate ready for university and work. Science that is seen, not just read. From titration to qualitative analysis, our laboratory sessions train learners to observe, measure, reason and conclude, the very habits that win marks in national examinations and careers beyond them. Records, review and reflection. We will keep strengthening how we track progress, from marksheets to termly reviews, so that every learner’s journey is visible and every intervention is early. Champions in the classroom and on the field. If our Lacrosse team can rise to the top of Uganda and challenge East Africa, our academic teams can do the same. The same discipline wins in both places. The future of Muzza High School is not a dream we are waiting for. It is a plan we are working on every day. To parents: walk this road with us. To learners: the next name on our honour list could be yours. To the community: come and see why, at Muzza, Amasaawa Ssi Malima. JOHN DICKSON ATWINE (MR) DIRECTOR OF STUDIES Muzza High School, Kabembe Mukono Tel: 0755 888 104 | 0708 930 688 | 0772 503 770 www.muzzahighschool.com | muzzahighschool@gmail.com